Topic summary
9%1 analyzed article/video1,278 analyzed words
BS Summary: These School Board Investigations results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 5.1% saturation with 259 hits. Analysis detected 1,059 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,112 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 15% (19,688 of 22,961 topics). This School Board Investigations is better (less manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group.
School Board Investigations
Topic details
Total words: 5,112
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

14% percentile
025507510014.3% percentile
1.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles5.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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